氏 – family name, surname, clan

4 strokesTaught in grade 4#84 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 氏 means family name, surname, clan. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is シ (shi); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is うじ、-うじ (uji, uji). It is written with 4 strokes, under radical 氏 (no. 83).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	シ	shi
Kun’yomi	うじ	uji
Kun’yomi	-うじ	uji

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 氏 (Kangxi radical 83).

Words using 氏

氏しMr 氏名しめい(full) name

Example sentences

１９９５年、安藤氏は建築におけるもっとも権威ある賞を受賞した。

In 1995, Andou received architecture's most prestigious award.

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それらの事実から判断すれば、森氏は金持ちにちがいない。

Judging from those facts, Mr Mori must be a wealthy person.

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この封筒に住所・氏名を書きなさい。

Write your name and address on this envelope.

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Kanji with the same radical

民

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